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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sweeping extent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a broad or comprehensive range or scope of something.
Example: "The new policy will have a sweeping extent of impact on the community, affecting various aspects of daily life."
Alternatives: "a wide range" or "a broad scope".
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The impact is being felt in the world gas markets, but not to a sweeping extent.
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A recent report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine described the sweeping extent of harassment in academia.
(Bear in mind that his much-loved wife has multiple sclerosis and had signed a call for more stem-cell research. What kind of husband values a fertilised egg over a cure for his wife?) Now, he's totally anti-abortion, even to the extent of supporting a sweeping ban such as the one voted down in South Dakota.
Instead of a sweeping collection of data from phone carriers, the NSA must now make specific requests of certain data, limited "to the greatest extent reasonably practicable" by a "specific selection term".
Outside, a sweeping mountain view.
A sweeping critique, indeed.
A sweeping hollowness.
But they have a sweeping vision.
A sweeping novel of twentieth-century Poland.
"But it's not a sweeping statement".
Such a sweeping restriction is rare.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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